Boy charged over Prior Deram Park fire

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A 12-year-old boy has been charged with arson following a fire which caused £20,000 of damage at a park four days after it had opened.

People were evacuated from Prior Deram Park in Canley, Coventry, during the blaze on 17 July.

The boy, who is local to the area but cannot be named because of his age, is also charged with assault and two counts of burglary.

He is due before Coventry Youth Court on the 13 August.